nghêu ngao
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋew˧˧ ŋaːw˧˧/
Central
/ŋew˧˥ ŋaːw˧˥/
Southern
/ŋew˧˧ ŋaːw˧˧/
Listen
aimlessly aloud
Adverb
aimlessly aloud
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Adverb
aimlessly aloud Discourse & Logic
To speak or sing aloud in a casual or aimless manner, often without any particular audience.
vi Cậu bé vừa đi vừa hát nghêu ngao.
en The boy sang aimlessly aloud while walking.
Parts
nghêu / ngao / 嘵嗷
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Parts
nghêu / ngao / 嘵嗷
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
嘵嗷
Candidates by syllable
nghêu
嘵（蟯）
ngao
嗷（獒 / 遨 / 獓 / 𧑃）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
nghêu / aloud
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Similar
nghêu / aloud
Use
rơ ngao / ngao du / ngao ngán / rơ ngao krem
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Use
rơ ngao / ngao du / ngao ngán / rơ ngao krem